Posts in Tutorials
Clutch Bleeder Block Replacement
- 11 December 2022
I opted to replace the stock plastic block with an all-metal block from ECS Tuning to get rid of the clutch delay valve. After doing this mod I definitely felt a difference when pressing the clutch pedal. It feels lighter and now I understand what people meant when they say the stock clutch feels mushy.
Snapmaker Enclosure Door Reversal
- 24 October 2022
I recently moved my Snapmaker 2.0 A350T printer to another part of my home. The official enclosure has a solid panel on the left side, a large door on the right, and a smaller door on the front. These panels are only designed to be installed in one specific order and orientation.
OEMTools 24938 Gauge Mod
- 23 August 2022
I change my own oil using the extraction method. Since my oil filter is accessible from the the top of the engine bay there’s no need for me to get under the car for oil changes. One of my gripes about this method was that I didn’t know how much pumping I had to do to keep the oil flowing.
Snapmaker 2.0 A350T Teflon Tube
- 15 July 2022
I recently upgraded from my cheap and finicky Monoprice 3D printer to an expensive and versatile one (it WAS the latest and greatest for a few weeks 😭). After using it a few times I already got the modding itch.
HomeLink Rearview Mirror
- 05 June 2022
My 2019 Golf Alltrack SE came with an auto-dimming mirror, but I wanted the one with garage door buttons integrated in it. Since my car had the rain sensor option installed I already had power available to my mirror, so this upgrade was super easy to do. No coding was required.
Install Windows 11 on an Intel Mac
- 11 December 2021
This guide lays out the steps I take to install Windows 11 on my Intel-based Apple computers using a custom ISO. This allows me to bypass the current TPM 2.0 requirement, since at this time Boot Camp does not provide TPM 2.0 to Windows.
Raspberry Pi LUKS Root Encryption
- 12 February 2017
In this short guide I’ll go over how I implemented full disk encryption using LUKS on my Raspberry Pi’s root file system without needing a second Linux computer to run commands on. All you need is your Raspberry Pi running Raspbian and a USB flash drive.
Postfix and Gmail Forwarding
- 18 December 2016
You may be familiar with the local mail spool on your Linux system. Often error messages from failed cron jobs are sent there. However this isn’t much use if the server goes down or loses network connectivity. It would be nice to have it send those emails out to an external email inbox instead. That way you can be notified when disks fail in a RAID array or when applications/services fail or produce errors.
Raspberry Pi on Project Fi
- 03 December 2016
This guide will go over how to get a Raspberry Pi (or really any Linux system) on Google’s Project Fi cellular service. If you already use Project Fi as your main cellphone service provider then you can use their data only SIM cards to get your Raspberry Pi online for relatively cheap depending on your use case.
Bareos Tape Backup on a 124T
- 23 August 2015
I use Bareos (a fork of Bacula) to backup my data at home from a Linux computer to tape. Backing up to tape is a lot more convenient that backing up to DVD-R/BD-R, though it’s probably debatable when compared to backing up to an external hard drive. But having a tape autoloader is so cool!
Setting Up a Home Root CA
- 11 August 2015
Tired of getting those SSL error pages when accessing your router’s admin interface? Sick of having to click three times to get to your IPMI web interface? Have I got a guide for you!
US RNS-510 Video In Motion
- 11 August 2011
After purchasing a VW 2010 Jetta SportWagen TDI with the DVD/Navigation option I’ve been searching for a way to get the head unit to play DVD video while driving so that my passengers can watch their DVDs while I drive on long road trips. I finally discovered a way to enable this feature. You will not need to purchase anything or make any prior changes. All you need is a CD-R and a CD burner.
Flashing Motorola Droid to Cricket
- 08 April 2011
This guide will explain how to flash a Motorola Droid from Verizon to Cricket based on my experiences. The two (similar) guides I followed had some inconsistencies and confused me until I pieced together clues from other sources. My guide will explain the exact steps I took to get my Droid working on Cricket’s $55 Android plan.
ImageCFG
- 30 November 2002
ImageCFG is a utility that probably does a lot of things (I cannot find any official documentation), but the only reason I use it is to fix old games (UT99 for example) which have problems on multicore/multicpu systems. It does so by assigning an executable to specific logical CPUs permanently (by modifying the .exe file, so backup the original in case you want to restore it).